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espouse

[ih-spauz, ih-spaus] / ɪˈspaʊz, ɪˈspaʊs /




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She is a "frequent social media user" who has used the platforms to "espouse anti-American messages", according to a charging document filed by the FBI on Thursday.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

"I have no doubt whatsoever that the people who espouse theories like those promoted by this individual will continue to disseminate them," Nunez added, referring to some French politicians.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Whatever agendas they may personally espouse, these writers are too alert to the messiness of history and human nature to be rigidly ideological in their work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

He meant that on any policy debate—immigration restrictions, social matters, foreign policy, economics—the Christian Democrats should create room for politicians and voters to espouse the most conservative position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

He was at length prevailed upon to espouse the Princess Jane of Naples, but did not long survive the union.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

He largely espouses esoteric prognostications of how 8 billion human deaths could be wrought by hostile machines, and even though many that admit this outcome is unlikely, it takes up a lot of their attention.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

Opponents say RSS espouses Muslim hate, while the event organizer bills the gathering as a celebration of shared humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

It enables India to work with some of its closest friends in an expanding organisation that espouses principles close to India’s heart, from multilateralism to embracing the Global South.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024

The drink may be clickbait, but it also speaks to a growing lifestyle trend that espouses going back to basics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

She espouses the dowager's side; upholds the two children in their petty tyranny.

From Elster's Folly by Mrs. Henry Wood

For a city that’s espoused much pride in its military history, the nature of the theft was as much an insult as it was an injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Jørgensen worked in a co-working space shared with colleagues and espoused “the Novo Nordisk way,” telling “60 Minutes”: “The values are based on ordinary human decent values.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

His lack of experience on the consumer side had made him a dark horse to take over the top job, as Dimon has long espoused the need for a successor to have worn many hats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Here, punk bands truly espoused the music’s DIY ethos, and were more culturally diverse.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

In the 1930s, Sylvanus G. Morley of Harvard, probably the most celebrated Mayanist of his day, espoused what is still the best-known theory: The Maya collapsed because they overshot the carrying capacity of their environment.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

At some point, their mother began policing their discussions, particularly as he started espousing more progressive beliefs, her brother recalled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

They’re doing things that would’ve given Don Draper heart palpitations—laundry, bath time, their daughters’ hair—while espousing fairly traditional views on religion, discipline and masculinity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Perhaps the most committed advocate is Dutchman Wim Hof, who has made a career of espousing its purported health benefits.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

He added: "Anyone espousing extremist views or who expresses support for terrorism, or racial or religious hatred of any kind, including antisemitism, who is not a British citizen, should be removed from this country."

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

Forty years later he’d still be espousing ideas put forth by Armstrong and the Plain Truth.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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